Chapter 12: Rescued

After she had stopped crying, Michiru remained in her position, lying on her bed with her face buried in the pillow. She couldn't believe that David did this to her; he simply locked her up as if she was some kind of prisoner instead of his girlfriend. The fact that her worries about Haruka nearly made her sick only made matters worse; the screaming had stopped by now, but Michiru wasn't too sure if that was a good thing. Either they killed her, or she passed out…the aqua haired girl mused, finally turning on her back and staring up at the ceilings. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard footsteps approaching the door of her room; seconds later, the key turned in the lock, and the door opened. David came walking in, grinning at his girlfriend. "Did you cool down by now, honey?" he then asked, sitting down on the edge of the bed. Michiru just glared at him and then looked away, not replying to his question. "Obviously not." David sighed, before he reached out and almost gently touched his girlfriends cheek. "Listen, I'm sorry for locking you up in here. I guess I overreacted." "Yes you did!" Michiru snapped. "You're keeping me here like a prisoner!" David gave her a sheepish smile, awfully resembling a puppy dog when he did. "I want to see Haruka." The aqua haired girl now demanded. David let out a sigh and looked at his girlfriend, obviously annoyed. "Why?" he asked, trying to keep his annoyance out of his voice. "None of your business." Michiru replied coldly. "Now can I see her, or what?" After a long moment of silence, David shook his head. "No." "Why not!" Michiru demanded to know, sitting upright with pretty high speed. "Because she's a prisoner, and seeing you would kind of make her happy. And prisoners aren't supposed to feel good." "You already tortured her, right? How can you be so cruel?" the aqua haired girl softly asked, her eyes filling with tears. David gave her a strange smile and put one arm around her, feeling her stiffen at the contact. "That's how Yakuza treat their prisoners, Michiru." He softly spoke before leaning in to kiss her, but Michiru avoided that by moving backwards. "Haruka didn't treat me that way." She replied, earning an annoyed sigh from her boyfriend. "Haruka this, Haruka that…tell me, who is your lover, Tenoh or I?" the blonde man then demanded to know, his anger slowly rising. "You are, David, and you know that." Michiru answered, not knowing to where this would lead. "Then prove it to me." David demanded before leaning in again, this time succeeding in kissing her. Just when the kiss was about to deepen, his cell phone rang. "Aww man…" the blonde man groaned before answering it. "What is it?" "Boss, it's me." One of his Yakuza men answered at the other end of the line. "We need help here…" David sighed and rolled his eyes before he replied: "I'll be there as soon as possible." He ended the call and put the cell pone back into his pocket, looking at Michiru with an apologizing look. "I'll be back later, honey." He promised. Michiru just sighed and nodded, not wanting to get into any more arguments about anything. David stood up and left the room, but this time, he didn't lock the door behind him.

"Here's the entrance to the ventilation funnel." Saeko whispered while carefully demounting the lattice, producing as little noise as possible. The other four Yakuza he had with him nodded and started to follow him one by one when he climbed in, one of them looking at a small handheld computer all the time. "The boss is close to us." The man with the computer whispered before showing the monitor to Saeko, who studied it for a while, then nodded. "Let's go get her out." He ordered, and the five men started to make their way through the ventilation system.

Michiru sneaked down the hallways, hoping that she wouldn't run into one or even more of David's men while she searched for the room where Haruka was held captive. As bad luck wanted it though, it happened that she did meet one of her boyfriend's Yakuza, who eyed her strangely while he spoke: "Hey! What are you doing here?" Michiru decided to try all or nothing and replied: "I'm David's girlfriend, and he ordered me to check on the prisoner while he is gone." The Yakuza seemed to believe her, since he simply nodded and made a motion for her to follow him, something she did gratefully. The two of them walked over to where the torture chamber was located, the Yakuza guy unlocking the door and entering. Before Michiru or the guy himself knew what was happening, he stumbled backwards and fell to the ground, blood splashing from the bullet wound in his chest. Michiru gasped, but before she had the chance to scream, she found herself face to barrel with the silenced gun that had killed the poor man. "Not a sound!" a well-known voice hissed, and the aqua haired girls eyes went wide. "Saeko!" she then whispered in awe, but for some reason, the Yakuza didn't seem all to happy to see her. Instead of reacting like a cultivated person would, he simply grabbed her and pulled her into the room, closing the door as soon as she was in. Michiru stared at the empty pair of chains that hung from the ceiling and at the blood stains at the floor; Haruka though was nowhere to be seen. "Where is Haruka?" she finally asked, only to receive a cold glare from Saeko. "We already took her to the car. And you come with us too." He ordered, his grip on Michirus arm tightening while he dragged her over to the ventilation hole. Threatening her with his gun, he forced her to climb in where two Yakuza were waiting, taking her over while he followed. When the man of David Saeko had killed was found, all of them were long gone.